My weekly English tutoring sessions via Skype with my Taiwanese friends and students, Donyou Chen and his lovely wife Yuwen Chang (known as “TY” and...
The Leadership Cost of Taking a Tiger By the Tail
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Extraordinary CEO Blog Archive
Taking Economic and Community Development Leadership to the Next Level
Whither Volunteer Involvement In Our Nonprofits?
In their informative and thought-provoking new podcast, two seasoned nonprofit leaders – Mick Fleming, President of the...
Beware of the Emperor’s New Clothes Syndrome
“You’re pretty obviously over your head and can’t really understand what we’re doing. Instead of getting people riled up, why don’t you get...
Volunteering and Idealism
Several years ago I was walking through the student union at the University of Illinois-Urbana in December of my senior year thinking about law...
5 Extraordinary CEOs Discuss Recent Great Reads: Continuing Our Look at Your Own Professional Development
The June 10 post at extraordinaryceo.com features a podcast by CEOs Michael Anderson and Chris Fox, who discuss the approaches they take to...
CEOs Jeff Finkle and Michelle Mason on Character and Leadership
Our July 7 post at this blog, “About Character and CEO Leadership,” takes a look at various elements making up a person’s...
About Character and CEO Leadership
I was really pleased that two extraordinary CEOs serving on this blog’s CEO Advisory Committee – Jeff Finkle, President/CEO of the International...
You’ve Got To Hit the Buzzer
“This feels wrong in so many ways. It feels reckless, careless and selfish. Of course we’re supposed to wait until we’re sure before we buzz. But...
Learning From Two Extraordinary CEO Ambassadors-in-Chief
There is wide agreement in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors that the chief executive officer must devote at least 30...
From Tragedy To a Passionate New CEO Mission
My April 1 inaugural post at this blog introduces a truly extraordinary nonprofit chief executive, Virginia Jacko, President & CEO of the Miami...
Welcome to the Extraordinary CEO Blog Archive
Doug Eadie’s professional passion and his company’s mission are to empower public and nonprofit organizations by building governing board capacity and developing rock-solid board chief executive partnerships. A nationally prominent organizational developer par excellence, Doug specializes in building the governing capacity of public school districts, public transit authorities, and economic development corporations.